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t_. In the fall -foil of loci’ 18661 T -rw was c employed i 5 as a
m a general store at a cross roads m
and a blacksmith shop, } he st0 with ‘-?’ two • <*"«* resi
made up the buildings, and the
me he announced
that 1 would have to-sleep in the store o’
nights, and that unless j I had pluck
enough to defend the place against ma
auders , he did not want me at any price,
le showed me a shotgun, a revolver, and
, spring gun, which were used, or on
land to be used, to defend the place, and
the windows were protected with stout
and the doors by double locks. The
of the war had drifted a bad popula¬
into Indiana. The highways were
of tramps, and there were hundreds of
men who had determined to make a living
my some other means than labor. Sev
eral attempts had been made to rob the
store, and it had. come to that pass that no
clerk wanted to sleep there alone.
The merchant seemed satisfied with the
® him, and on a certain
.0 I went to work. That
who was on liis way home from our store
jpg"" was robbed on the highway. If I had not
ght sleeper from habit these oc
tairrences would have tended to prevent
lengthy dreams as 1 lay in my little
at the front of the second story,
he revolver was always placed lyjder
pillow and the shotgun stood within
^ach The spring gnu was set about
midway of the lower floor. It was a
double barreled shotgun, each barrel con¬
taining big charge of buckshot, and the
man who kiteked the string and discharged
i^o weapon would never know' what hurt
him.
It did !'.. r seem possible that any one
bre;\iv into the store without arous
roe. There was no door to my room.
ai.er the people iit the neighborhood
gone to bed 1 could hear tiie slightest
in the store. I had looked the place
for a weak spot, and had failed to
it, but my own confidence came near
my destruction. 1 should have
you, in describing the store, that just
the spot where we set the spring gun
opening through which we hoisted
lowered such goods as were stored for
on the second floor. When not in
this opening was covered by a trap
Tow ard evening, on the tenth day
>f my clerkship. I hoisted up a lot of pails
nd tubs, and had just finished when trade
L....tune so brisk that 1 was called to wait
customers. Later on 1 saw that I
left the trap door open, and I said to
that I would let it go until I went
bed. The store had the only burglar
safe for miles around, and it was
hr tomary for the farmer who had $100
so to leave it with us. He received an
nvelope in w-liioh to inclose it, and he
take out and put in as he liked. On
evening four or five farmer.; came in
deposit, and, as I afterward figured up,
iwe had about $1,500 in the safe.
There were two strange faces in the
that evening. One belonged to a
himself as a drover, and the
to a professional tramp. I gave the
a piece of tobacco and some crackers
*md cheese and he soon went away, and
we^wero so busy up to 9 o’clock that I did
pot give the drover much attention.
IThen we came to shut up the store he
lounted Mad gone from my mind altogether. We
in*the up the cash, made some charges
day book, and it was about 10
Aired when the merchant left. I was
out, and I took a candle and made
circuit of the store, set the spring gun
went to lad. 1 ln*i to pass within
of the trap door as I went to my
Killy but 1 did not see it. It was a rather
night in October, and we had no
■res yet, and as 1 got under the blankets
warmth was so grateful that I soon
r It was the first night I had
♦ ’thout thinking of robbers
and wondering how I should act in case
they came in. I did not know when I fell
asleep. I suddenly found myself half up
light in bed, and tlieie was an echo in the
| stove n , jf thl> {a „ o( (ii;nielllin!r , ind
arouse(1 ul0 . It was , O ' clo< . k . t had
j been asleep almost three hours. Leaning
011 mv rj . I strained my ears to
ca tch t h rr est sound, and after a
was, a sort
of instinct told me that it was made by
some human being.
Everything on the street was as silent
as the grave. My window curtain was
up, and I could see that the sky had
thickened up and was very black. I did
j not wait fur tiie noise to be repeated. I
was j us t as sun 1 that some one was in the
! store as if J had already seen him, and I
j crept softly out moved of bed, drew 011 my
: trousers, and out into the big
room, having the revolver in my hand.
There was no door at the head of the
5tairs . 1 intended to go there and listen
dowil the sta j , wa y. As 1 was moving across
the room, which was then pretty dear of
j | goods as far as the trapdoor, I suddenly
recollected this opening and changed mv
j ; 0 urse to reach it. It was terribly dark
t in the room, ami one unfamiliar with the
Mace would not have dared to move a
f 0O £ i 7t’< to 2 p l got down on
m-,- * s - as I reached the
opening, I settled down on my stomach.
There was a dim light down stairs. That
settled the fact that some one was in th«
store. After a minute I heard whispers,
then the movement of feet, then a certain
sound which locutod the intruders to a
foot. 1 drew myself forward and looked
down the opening. I could see a lighted
candle ami two or three dark figures at
the safe, and I could hear the combina¬
tion being worked. My first thought was
to drop my hand down and open fire in
their direction, but 1 remembered that wo
had so many articles hanging up that 110
bullet had a chance of reaching to the
safe. 1 was wondering w hat to do when
I heard one of the men whisper:
"It 's all d d nonsense. We might
work here a week and not hit it.”
‘‘But I told you to living the tools and
yon wouldn’t,” protested another.
"4^kr-dpy up?” put in a third voice.
“What we want to do is to go up and
bring that counterhopper dow n and make
him open the box. j ’
i i HI give the etu * d thing a few more
trials,” said the lirst mart, and I heard
him working away again. My eyes could
not have told me the number of robbers,
but my ears had. There were three of
them, and they were no doubt desperate
and determined men. They spoke of j
bringing me dow n to open the safe as if j
no resistance was anticipated or taken !
into account. Indeed, they might well
reason The rain that they had falling, me at the their night mercy, was -j
was now ,
very dark, have and been ti pistol heard shot in either in the of store the J
could not j
dwellings. If they had reflected that I
might be armed, they would have offset
it with the fact that I was a boy of 18,
with a girl’s face and probably ji girl’s
nerve. I don’t deny I was a bit
rattled, and that my lip would quiver in
spite of me, but I was at tie* same time
fully determined to protect the store if it
cost me my life. How to get at the fel
lows was wlmt bothered me, but that
I trouble was soon so'vcd.
*4 There,” whispered the man at the
combination, as he lei go of ir. “1 won’t
fool here another minute. That kid knows
! the combination, and we can make him
' work it. Come on."
They were corning up stairs. The best
place for me would U at the head of the
stairway, The stairs had a half turn in
them, and I would fire upon the first man
who came within range. J heard the men
coming back to the stairway, and my
nerve ice, but gave the way. knowledge It wasn't that from I coward- to kill j
was
a human being upr-et me. I decided to
retreat to ray room, and, if they persisted
in coming that far, J would shoot. The
trio had rubbers on their feet, bui they
came up stairs without trying very hard
to prevent making a noise. The one who
came first had the candle, and, as he got
to the head of the stairs, I saw a knife in
his other hand. They made n » delay in
approaching my room, and with a great
effort 1 braced ray sell for what i saw i:ut»t
t
happen. They could not see me until
within three or four feet of tlie door, and
their first- intimation that I was out of bed
was when tiny heard me call out:
“Stop, or I'll shoot you!”
I had them covered with the weapon,
and for fifteen seconds there was dead
silence. Then they got a plan. The man
with the candle dashed it on the floor,
and I suppose they meant to rush in on
me in the dark but I checkmated it by
opc v • - lire. They then either meant to
IN > vn stairs or toward the rear of
the ; for I saw' the three together
moving oil', and fired at their dim figures.
Three seconds later there was a great
shout of horror, followed by the tre
mentions report of the double barreled
Spling gtt.i. . ii , \ , iie.l I.UMC . . ’..as absolute 11 ,
silent :’. I think 1 srootl in the tioor
shaking I ke a leaf, for fully thro*
minutes before the silence was broken by
a groan. 7, Then ii came to me that the
robbers , .uul . fallen . .. ,, taioti git , the ,, open do* , r
upon ill*' cord leading to the gun. I
struck a match, ligiited ny own candle.
and, going to the opt mng, saw tln\ el odies
lying below. Running back to the bed¬
room to reel targe mv revolver, l then
went down stairs to investigate. It was
as 1 suspected. The three bad pitched
down 1 to (>lher. Tito top of one's head
had been blown off by the shot, a second
had a hole in his chest as big as your fist,
while the third, who was responsible for
the groans, was sever* !\ wounded in both
legs. It. was thro ■ months before ho
could be put on t :*i !. and lie then got
four years in prison. The whole tiling
was a put up job. 'i he “drover” was a
Chicago burglar called ''Clawhammer
Dick,” and he had ’ridden him elf in the
storv tlml. i.inln, an<i iheu l.-i Ins ,„,ls ii.
by iho back door They bad a horse and
wagon in the rear of the building, and llto
plan w.'.s to rob tiie ; lore of goods ..s well
us to go: at the money in the safe. A bit
of carelessness-on my part not only saved
the store ami probably my life, but wiped
nut a very desperate gang.—New York
Bun. «
DR. W- T. POOL
DENTIST,
OVER COLUMBUS BANK.
Diseases of the Mouth and
Teeth treated in the best manner.
MUM LOME U 24 , A. O.H.W.
R^ifitlir meetings on first aed tki'd
Tu t-diivs in each month.
J B. MOHLKV, W. M.
.]. 1. BLACKMON. Hecor<h*r.
cEiunffiEi, si it, r. a, a
Tteirular communications on second and fourth
Saturdays in each month. J.J.r*'*'KEK, VV.M.
Bknj. t*. Hill, Sec.
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n ws, adm’itv ■-s fo letter 3
s.<i : 1 c>> inly, de :a.v mak : j'phi *t •> t
r f disnii (stem. 1 he rob) nouft d sh'
All p rso conc< rn<- ar* t > w
cause, if any .he, iia*by me first aloud iv in.May
nixt why sa : d administrator should not be dismissed.
Given under my hand and official s.gn aure i eb.
6th, 1888. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y
J.
UTAIION Okoboia, Habbh County
J VV’beroas ctrt.iti peti:ion<-rs huvo
rnnde thoir npplicstioti to this eonit pray
ing an order grunting the establishment
of a new public road tif'eeu feet wide.
commencing at the Hamilton Mills and
rnnnicg eastward tbrrogh the lands of VV
B Kagland. Welcome Duke, dec’d. J II C
B’arr, 0 H Pritchard, dec’d, B H Wil
bams, M»tthevr Hearns, an*l thence
through IhdcJh of Jes^e and John Grimtstt
by w*iy of their dwelling hou-e, from Jno
Grimes sontlieHdt to tl e old road ou line
between Whatley HDd King and thece to
road runiiir g north and Month from Den ¬
nis Miller’s old place to Woatley’a shop,
and whereas certnin commisKioners ap ;
pointed for that purpo se hive reviewed
an 0 d marked out aaid contemplated road
an* I reported to ns that said road will bo
of nine ’ 1 practical u'itfiy and convenienc
now tbi u i« to rate and adruoniah all per
sons that thirty daya after publication of
this r-itwtinn in *he Hamilton J urai. id
road will t-e granted if rv» good cattle ts
sL'-wri t<» tb*- <r ntrwr*.
B) or*!* ,f the c*iRi J i)t‘Ht< r er « ernrt.
John M HiD'ON. Clerk.
Harris County Sheriff’s the Sales.
Will be nold before court house doot
in (he town of Hamilton, Harris county,
Qa , within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidde* , for cash, on f he first Tinas
day in April 1888, the following described
ptoporiy, viz:
The south half off of lot ofland No. 221 and the
ea^t half off*of lot of land No. 196 all in the i8ih
district of Harris county, containing 200 of J. acres H. Lowe more
or less. Levi d upon as the prop- rtv
to satisfy a ti fa Lsued from Harris Sup r or Court W.
in favor of the Chutta hooch* e National Bank,
H. McCuilohs, transferee, vs J. H. Lowe.^Proper¬ ™
ty pointed out by Plaintiffs Attorney.
Al-o at the same time and place the east half of
lot of land \o. 182 in the 181I1 district of Harris
county, Containing one huridre I acres more >r It's.
Liyicd uy,on as the property of w. H. Thompson t.»
- ; ,t, f v iv ti fa issued from Muscoeec Su| ert r I our
• f avor( ,f uhn B. Gordon, Governor fvc., vs \\ .
H. Th-mp >n, Sec uity ami J. F. M.CI mti, Sc«ur
, »ty.
! : Also it th • same,t m--and place, l«'t *f land No
j p^ 2 , in tile (Silt distret Of Harris c unty
ii'B jpj'i acres, more or less, Vxnm; tue plate 01
^ which the defendunt now 1 e sides. I ev cat • n -o*
j th-property of Simon Hicklty to atisfy ti. fa.
,roiu 11 rris Superior lomt m jnv< if V.
iven , :deni , am in po . scssm „,
BRITAIN \\ I LI.IA MS, She.ifl
1
, Allie Hansford, Libel fur Divorce tu
Vs 11»* r > is
Wm Ha oaf old Hnperior C"»irt
It tippeHrtuu to in** court that the tie
fci.dant SVbu H'o-sford h .h not been^uiv
ed, t is ordered mhu adjudged by ttm
court that said ease be eontii n* d am sers
vice \ e perfected by publication in the
Hamilton Journal, h newspaper puidtsti
ed 01 said county H A Huh- R? L.
1' fl’n At'n'iit v
j H'« »!>«« «'“ t 1 X
] i '»“«• fr ,ul H I'"*
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A F Tnnjsrr 0 8 (’
L. L. STANFORD.
Attorney at Law,
11 until ton, fk'orjfia.
Will | ■ met ice tn idl tin* court he
Mute rpeciui uttention j<i\rn t' < r*!b et rti*
#agt*\Alw» money t* lo in on in 01 ov*d
funis, on 2 $ and 5 1 eu h time, :*t 8 pet
cenf pur minimi Com mid toe u e.
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